Reactions to Vaccines-Puppy Owners be aware!!

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

Yesterday was round 2 of vaccine for my assist dog in training, Luke. He did fine at the Vets office, didn't flinch when the needle was inserted and ate his heartworm preventative just fine. He laid in my lap and slept on the way home yesterday afternoon, ate well at dinner, and proceded to play with Deuce and Chance. HOWEVER....... about 7 pm last night, he because UBER HYPER, panting, diarrhea, vomiting, and drinking LOTS of water. He did this the entire night last night and I was up with him trying everything I could to soothe him. This morning around 5 :30 he began to settle down and went to sleep. The poor thing was worn out! I called the Vet to tell them about his night and found out this is a rare reaction to the vaccine. Most dogs develop flu-like symptoms and become lethargic, napping until it wears off. He is now ok, eating again, napping, and playing.
I contact the other 2 women who have his brothers to alert them for any signs in case they haven't been to the vet yet. Mary, who posts here and who is the owner of Heritage Specialty Dogs, has Max. Max had an even more severe reaction to his vaccine shot by seizuring. He is in ICU at the vet hospital with Mary on the way to see how he is doing and if the Vet thinks there might be any long term damage to his brain. Kim, who has Elmo, has been contacted but I haven't heard back from her yet. We are keeping our fingers crossed and sending up prayers for Max. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Has anyone else experienced reactions to vaccines in your doodles? I've never experienced anything other than the normal "Mom, I don't feel good right now so I'm going to sleep it off." reaction.

[2wpu1zztl11wu]

This is a very interesting topic. My sister's mini poodle went into Anafilactic shock within minutes after receiving a rabies shot. I now stay at the vets office for at least 15 minutes before leaving just to be on the safe side.

Thank goodness Max is going to be ok...pretty scary!!

[Leslie and Halas]

Glad Max is ok. Hopefully his vision problems will clear up over time, too.

[katherine willis]

My last puppy was a yellow lab and we almost lost him when he had his second vacination. He was fine in the vet's office but when I took him home he vomited and then I noticed his lips becoming white. I raced back to the vet who gave him benodryl to counter act his alergy to the shot. She told us that we almost lost him.

He was a great guy but suffered from seizures throughout his life. i don't know if the reaction to the vacination was the root cause of the seizures.

Fortunately, my labdoodle was just fine but I do think all owners have to be really alert.

[Sam]

Ollie had a big reaction to his third needle. Just like Luke he was great at the vets and went home and had a little sleep (like the vet said he would) and then about 5 hours later (I'd been out to get the kids from school) his whole head started to swell up!!! His eyes looked really 'piggy'' (I thought he might have been bitten by a spider) and he was rubbing his face up against anything he could find. Luckily the vet was still available and when he saw him pointed out that his gums, tongue everything had swollen up. He gave Ollie an antiflam. needle and he was fine by the morning. My husband (who missed all of the action) said it must have been bad as we have no photos of him!!!!! lol I never thought to ask his breeder if other dogs from the same litter had had a similar problem.
Ollie had actually had his third needle and a heartworm injection on the same day so we can't be sure which one caused the problem but the vet seems to think it was the immunisation jab. He won't be having them together again as they are now spaced 6 months apart......
Glad to hear Luke and Max are well.

[Sam]

It amazes me that the vet doesn't say this to you..... I would happily have gone back in a week or fortnight if I'd only been told.

He certainly won't be getting two in a day again!!!!!

[Leslie and Halas]

Oh, no! Is there anything they can do about it? Surgery down the road or something like that? Was Max being specially trained for someone? I feel terrible for them!